1 teen killed, another injured in Downtown Brooklyn shooting

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Two teenage boys were shot, one fatally, downtown Monday evening in an apparent gang-related attack.

Police rushed to a call of an assault at around 6 p.m. at the crowded intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb avenues in Brooklyn.

Armani Hankins, 16, of Queens, was shot in the head, and was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An 18-year-old boy was shot in the ankle and taken to Methodist Hospital in serious, but stable condition.

The two boys are believed to be members of an East New York-based crew named the "Four-Two-Five" who ran into a rival crew from Fort Greene. Police said members of the rival crew started the argument and then opened fire.

On Tuesday, detectives were looking for a large group of members of the rival crew, last seen running east on Flatbush Avenue. It is not known why the victims were in downtown Brooklyn at the time of the shooting.

The gunfire left shell casings scattered around the crowded sidewalk, and bullet holes in cars parked on Flatbush Avenue. One of the guns used was found a few blocks away. Seven shell casings were recovered from the scene.

"I was walking across the street, and these kids were arguing over here, and they came running down, the kids just started shooting at him, and I guess shot him in the head or whatever, and I ran back across the street once they started shooting," a resident said.

There have been no arrests.

"It's like (imitates gunfire) and I moved from here," another man said.

The shooting happened on a crowded corner in Downtown Brooklyn, across the street from a university campus and at the entrance to a subway stop.

"Everybody was devastated, you know the kid got shot, it was a young kid. When it was over, I don't know, but it was sad, it was a young kid, he got shot," a resident said.